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  • VICTORY: Astronomer Wins Six Figures in Retaliation Case After Opposing DEI

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    April 30, 2026

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    March 26, 2026

  • A Conviction and a Suspicious Death are the Latest in Beijing’s Campus Spy Game

    A Conviction and a Suspicious Death are the Latest in Beijing’s Campus Spy Game

    Chinese state interests continue to intersect with an open—and often naïve—American university system.
    Ian Oxnevad
    April 22, 2026

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  • Florida and CLT Are Building an Alternative to AP Courses

    Florida and CLT Are Building an Alternative to AP Courses

    Education reformers now need to ensure these new programs can compete with the College Board on equal footing.
    David Randall
    May 20, 2026

    The College Board’s 2023 AP United States History Course and Exam Description says vaguely that students should know about the influence of “the ideals set forth in the Declaration of…


  • WATCH: Jim Condon Fights Back Against Cancellation—and Wins

    WATCH: Jim Condon Fights Back Against Cancellation—and Wins

    But the scientific establishment shows little sign of genuine reform.
    J. Scott Turner
    May 19, 2026

    James J. Condon, who goes by Jim, is the former Emeritus Astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). “Former” because on November 1, 2022, he was unceremoniously ousted from…


  • Turnitin, but for the AI Era

    Turnitin, but for the AI Era

    The internet plagiarism crisis was curbed with technology. AI cheating may require a far more aggressive technological solution.
    Rob Jenkins
    May 18, 2026

    For the past couple of weeks, as students have submitted their final papers and faculty have immersed themselves in grading, academics on social media have been focused almost exclusively on…


  • WATCH: How China Stole America’s Secrets

    WATCH: How China Stole America’s Secrets

    Former Defense Intelligence Agency director David Shedd explains the CCP’s long campaign through universities, research labs, and industry.
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    May 15, 2026

    In this episode of Café Berlin, Ian Oxnevad and I are joined by David Shedd, former Acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and co-author (with Andrew Badger) of The…


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Artificial Intelligence →

  • Turnitin, but for the AI Era
    May 18, 2026

    Turnitin, but for the AI Era

    The internet plagiarism crisis was curbed with technology. AI cheating may require a far more aggressive technological solution.
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    May 14, 2026

    Mia’s University

    An experiment testing whether AI can build a virtual university.
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    Colleges need flexible policies that teach students to use AI without sacrificing core intellectual skills.
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    What ChatGPT Is Doing to Student Writing

    Today’s students can write a perfect sentence that says absolutely nothing.

Campus Culture →

  • The Return of the Religious Male
    April 30, 2026

    The Return of the Religious Male

    Campus hostility toward men is fueling a revival in their return to church.
  • Correcting the Course?
    April 24, 2026

    Correcting the Course?

    Yale’s internal report acknowledges rising costs, opaque admissions, and ideological bias as drivers of public distrust.
  • A Rally on Campus
    April 23, 2026

    A Rally on Campus

    Pickleball is serving up something good on campus—but let’s not get carried away.
  • Catholic Converts and the Limits of the Trend
    April 16, 2026

    Catholic Converts and the Limits of the Trend

    The rise in Catholic conversions reflects real intellectual appeal, but it remains a small phenomenon within a broader secularizing culture that calls for pluralistic religious education.

China →

  • WATCH: How China Stole America’s Secrets
    May 15, 2026

    WATCH: How China Stole America’s Secrets

    Former Defense Intelligence Agency director David Shedd explains the CCP’s long campaign through universities, research labs, and industry.
  • 13 Dead or Missing Tied to Sensitive Research
    April 30, 2026

    13 Dead or Missing Tied to Sensitive Research

    A conspiracy linking the deaths and disappearances is plausible, given the intensifying foreign espionage targeting U.S. research.
  • A Conviction and a Suspicious Death are the Latest in Beijing’s Campus Spy Game
    April 22, 2026

    A Conviction and a Suspicious Death are the Latest in Beijing’s Campus Spy Game

    Chinese state interests continue to intersect with an open—and often naïve—American university system.
  • America’s Universities Have Chosen Foreign Interests Over Their Own Country
    April 7, 2026

    America’s Universities Have Chosen Foreign Interests Over Their Own Country

    The National Association of Scholars’s new report lays out a concrete policy roadmap to restore higher education to the national interest.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion →

  • WATCH: Jim Condon Fights Back Against Cancellation—and Wins
    May 19, 2026

    WATCH: Jim Condon Fights Back Against Cancellation—and Wins

    But the scientific establishment shows little sign of genuine reform.
  • VICTORY: Astronomer Wins Six Figures in Retaliation Case After Opposing DEI
    May 13, 2026

    VICTORY: Astronomer Wins Six Figures in Retaliation Case After Opposing DEI

    ‘I hope this result will discourage retaliation against future whistleblowers.’
  • Arizona Honors Colleges Trade Plato for Politics
    May 8, 2026

    Arizona Honors Colleges Trade Plato for Politics

    ‘Eating the Globe: The Diverse, Weird, and Queer Food Politics’ among courses flagged in Goldwater Institute report.
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    May 7, 2026

    They Keep Losing and Keep Trying Anyway

    California lawmakers push ACA 7 to revive racial preferences that voters have repeatedly rejected.

Foreign Students →

  • Universities Push Sanctuary Campus Agenda for Illegal Immigrants
    January 28, 2026

    Universities Push Sanctuary Campus Agenda for Illegal Immigrants

    Illegal migrant enrollment helps universities meet demographic thresholds associated with preferential public funding.
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    December 17, 2025

    What the New International Enrollment Drop Really Shows

  • Chinese University of Michigan Researcher Deported for Biopathogen Smuggling
    December 9, 2025

    Chinese University of Michigan Researcher Deported for Biopathogen Smuggling

  • Trump’s Social Media Vetting Faces Free Speech Backlash. But Some Foreign Students Agree with Him.
    November 3, 2025

    Trump’s Social Media Vetting Faces Free Speech Backlash. But Some Foreign Students Agree with Him.

Sciences →

  • VICTORY: Astronomer Wins Six Figures in Retaliation Case After Opposing DEI
    May 13, 2026

    VICTORY: Astronomer Wins Six Figures in Retaliation Case After Opposing DEI

    ‘I hope this result will discourage retaliation against future whistleblowers.’
  • Trump Shakes Up the National Science Board
    April 28, 2026

    Trump Shakes Up the National Science Board

    Trump’s termination of all 24 NSB members is less an attack on science than a break from its politicization.
  • Start Measuring Results
    April 24, 2026

    Start Measuring Results

    The Institute of Education Sciences should prioritize return on investment, student achievement, and statistically literate leadership.
  • Sometimes Science Needs A Brilliant Bastard
    April 23, 2026

    Sometimes Science Needs A Brilliant Bastard

    Difficult personalities often advance research, but today’s universities drive them out.

Workforce Pipeline →

  • What’s Feeding the ‘Graduate Unemployment Crisis’?
    May 14, 2026

    What’s Feeding the ‘Graduate Unemployment Crisis’?

    A mix of economic, educational, and corporate failures is making it difficult for young Americans to enter the workforce.
  • A White-Collar Trade School?
    January 29, 2026

    A White-Collar Trade School?

    A view that college should prepare students for immediate employment is now mainstream across America.
  • Is College Dead—or Just Changing?
    January 28, 2026

    Is College Dead—or Just Changing?

    An ed-tech executive argues higher education must adapt to AI as students and institutions prioritize job-market returns.
  • A Market Test
    January 21, 2026

    A Market Test

    Degrees that don’t deliver face a federal cutoff—just as the job market grows less forgiving.

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